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Stillness vs Pease - What's the difference?

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Stillness is a related term of pease.


As nouns the difference between stillness and pease

is that stillness is the quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity while pease is (archaic) form of pea, then later of peas .

As a verb pease is

(obsolete) to make peace between (conflicting people, states etc); to reconcile.

stillness

English

Noun

  • The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
  • Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
  • * 1603 , , II. iii. 186:
    • The gravity and stillness of your youth / The world hath noted;

    pease

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pise, from .

    Noun

    (peasen)
  • (archaic) form of pea, then later of peas
    • Usage notes
    * The original singular was pease'', and the plural was (peasen). Over the centuries, ''pease'' became used as the plural, ''peasen'' was dropped, (pea) was created as a new singular, and finally ''pease was respelled (peas).
    Related terms
    * pease porridge * Pease Porridge Hot * pease pudding

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) paiser, (pesser) et al., (etyl) paisier, aphetic form of . Probably also partly from aphetic use of (appease).

    Verb

    (peas)
  • (obsolete) To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile.
  • (obsolete) To bring (a war, conflict) to an end.
  • (obsolete) To placate, appease (someone).
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XXVIII:
    • And yf this come to the rulers eares, we wyll pease him, and make you safe.